Don Hollingsworth

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Don Hollingsworth
Don Hollingsworth BC Lions.jpg
Hollingsworth in 1954
Born:c. 1932 (age 91–92)
Career information
CFL status National
Position(s) HB
Height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight215 lb (98 kg)
Career history
As player
1952 – 1953 Ottawa Rough Riders
1954 BC Lions

Don Hollingsworth (born c. 1932) was a Canadian professional football player who played for the BC Lions and Ottawa Rough Riders. He played junior football for the Ottawa Sooners. [1] [2]

In 1956, Hollingsworth pleaded guilty to 20 counts of uttering forged checks. [3] In 1961, he was charged with fraud after cashing a bad cheque worth $2,800. [4] Later that year, he was charged with the theft of $14,000 from the Bank of Montreal after he allegedly convinced a woman to take a job there in order to steal from it. [5] He was found not guilty of the Bank of Montreal theft in 1962. At the time of his acquittal, he was serving a one-month prison sentence on the fraud charge. [6]

Hollingworth fenced some of the $750,000 in gold stolen by the Stopwatch Gang in their 1974 Ottawa Airport heist. He later moved to California, where he was part of a large crystal meth operation. While there, he helped the Stopwatch Gang acquire guns and other supplies for their robberies. Following his arrest on drug charges, Hollingsworth offered to identify the members of the gang in exchange for a reduction of his charges. [7]

His son, Shawn Hollingsworth, was convicted of 10 bank robberies and pleaded guilty to manslaughter in 1987. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Don Hollingsworth" . Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "1954 British Columbia Lions - The Pro Football Archives" . Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "Ex-Rough Rider Admits Forgeries". The Vancouver Sun. October 17, 1956. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  4. ↑ "Football player on fraud charge". The Leader-Post. January 28, 1961. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  5. ↑ "Trial Ordered Ex-Football In Theft Case". Ottawa Citizen. October 25, 1961. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  6. ↑ "Hollingsworth Freed Of Theft Charge". Ottawa Citizen. February 16, 1962. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  7. ↑ Dean, Josh. "The Life and Times of the Stopwatch Gang". The Atavist. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  8. ↑ Aubry, Jack (June 13, 1987). "Inmate pleads guilty to 1981 shooting in Hull". The Ottawa Citizen.


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